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title: Export Test Runs
description: Datadog, the leading service for cloud-scale monitoring.
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# Export Test Runs

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## Overview{% #overview %}

You can use your Test Optimization search query and visualization graphs in dashboards, monitors, and notebooks, or programmatically search for events using the [Search Tests Events endpoint](https://docs.datadoghq.com/api/latest/ci-visibility-tests/#search-tests-events).

## Export the search query or visualization{% #export-the-search-query-or-visualization %}

You can copy, export, or download your aggregated search query and visualization graphs in the [Test Optimization Explorer](https://app.datadoghq.com/ci/test-runs).

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Click the **Export** button on the right hand corner and select an option from the dropdown menu:

- Share your [saved view](https://docs.datadoghq.com/tests/explorer/saved_views/) of the [Test Optimization Explorer](https://docs.datadoghq.com/tests/explorer/).
- Export your search results to a [CI Test monitor](https://docs.datadoghq.com/monitors/types/ci/) that triggers alerts on predefined thresholds.
- Export your search results to an [existing notebook](https://docs.datadoghq.com/notebooks/) for reporting or consolidation purposes.
- Download your search results as a CSV file for individual CI Visibility test events and specific aggregations.
- Export your search results to [DDSQL Editor](https://docs.datadoghq.com/ddsql_editor) for complex aggregations and custom analysis.

Options available for some visualization types are not supported in others. For example, you cannot download a distribution graph into a CSV file.

## Further reading{% #further-reading %}

- [Search for your tests](https://docs.datadoghq.com/tests/explorer/)
- [Learn about Saved Views](https://docs.datadoghq.com/tests/explorer/saved_views/)
- [Learn about CI Test Monitors](https://docs.datadoghq.com/monitors/types/ci/)